West Wiki - Book Study Readings

Required Readings

Website Credibility

Bogus Web Sites
A WebQuest about Evaluating Web Sites - Joyce Valencia
Evaluating Websites - University of Central Florida
Evaluating Web Sites - University of Maryland
Website Evaluation - Greeley West High School (Jean Speer has provided these sources on her library page for student use. Students can access them by going to the Greeley West home page, selecting the West Library link, scrolling down to Resources, and clicking on Website Evaluation.)
The Word on Wikipedia - MSNBC.com

Internet Projects - Some of these may require registration, but all (or most--I could not check every single one!) are free.

Start a Blog (Our demo blog)

21Classes - Host and manage blogs for you and your students. Free for up to 50 students (2 MB capacity each) or $8.95 per month for up to 100 students (25 MB capacity each).
Blogger - Free blogs for anyone
Edublogs - Free blogs specifically for educators. (Feature list)
LiveJournal - Free blogs for anyone
Tumblr - Not a full-blown blog, but a tumblelog. Great for short, frequent posts. Free!
TypePad - Not free, but plenty of great features that make it worth the money if you want to take your blog to the next level.
Vox - Free blogs for anyone.
WordPress - Free blogs for anyone

Start a Wiki (Our wiki demo page and the outline of our mini-session on blogs and wikis)

PBwiki - Offers resources for educators, including a 2-page PDF with common educator questions.
Wetpaint
Wikia - A few more features and a little more sophisticated
Wikispaces - Offers ad-free wikis for educators

Other Links & Resources

Supplemental Readings